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Issue Details

Issue #251
Published January 1958
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Alien Batman!"

Characters Vicki Vale; Batman [Brand Ballard] (villain); Keener (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Alien Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Vicki Vale (supporting); Brand Ballard (intro, villain); Keener (intro, villain); Hatchet Marley (cameo, flashback)
Synopsis Vicki Vales snaps a picture of an alien dressed in a Batman costume and immediately jumps to a conclusion.
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

1 page Casey the Cop filler "That's interesting--televising events right from the street!"

Characters Casey the Cop; Spike Malone
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Human Parrot"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Kurudu (intro, villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #22 July 1958

2 page Warden Willis filler "A prisoner escaped!"

Characters Warden Willis; Butch Logan
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page text article "Fatal Fingerprints"

Letters typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "Alias Mr. Zero"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Mike (intro, villain); Mr. Big (intro, villain)
Synopsis Jones disguises himself as Mr. Zero to smoke out a gang chief.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes The Artima reprint credits the script to Jack Miller. Writer id by Bob Hughes 12/08.
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #22 July 1958; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page public service announcement "Wanted: A Teen-Age Code"

Script Jack Schiff ?
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira